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...index would help investors foster economic growth in countries while increasing the environmental standards in those communities...
Harvard researchers will base their environmental quality index on data obtained through collaboration with six countries in Asia: China, Nepal, Pakistan, Indonesia, the Philippines and the Marshall Islands...
Because the standard of the index is measuredin dollars, government officials, policy makersand investors will be able to incorporate theindex values into their own economic frameworks...
...index also allows one to use the same scaleto assess pollution levels for widely disparateindustries, including agriculture, forestry,mining and energy exploitation. The cost-of-repairmethodology has the added advantage of using datausually required by national and internationalagencies in carrying out their normal business...
Despite these disadvantages, the project teamhopes that the new index will do for theenvironment what the GNP does for politics andeconomics...